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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
6
The Columbia state finance department has sent a total of $85 484 to Aiken County schools. Of this, $2 028 is for series construction in 1927 28 and $6 864 is included. The state is repaying Aiken County 1 districts for funds advanced in prior years. Additional amounts are due to the Aiken schools to cover the deficit.
John W. Ashhurst receives a letter from P. W. Spencer warning of outside promoters targeting South Carolina building and loan associations. It urges legal safeguards against exorbitant promotional fees and notes a Florence convention will study protective laws, with no relief until next year.
The chamber of commerce directors met in the secretary and treasurer’s office last Friday evening. Ernest R. Waters was elected vice president for the coming year. The board outlined the year’s work and set up four area chairmen to lead a local campaign for memberships with several directors assisting. Brevet T. Allen was re elected secretary and treasurer.
The Beatpath Chautauqua arrives in Aiken under the Chamber of Commerce. The secretary has season tickets and will distribute them to focal signers. The public is urged to secure allotments early and assist in selling additional tickets to ensure a successful event.
The article notes the imminent start of construction on a new hotel named after the Kane family. It reports removal and preparation steps underway with actual work slated to begin shortly, underscoring anticipated economic development.
South Carolina legislators proposed purchasing Woodrow Wilson boyhood home in Columbia to create a memorial shrine. A public subscription match is required. one month remains to raise about $260 for Aiken County. Mrs. Walter E. Duncan leads county efforts, contributions directed to Mrs Duncan or The Aiken Standard.
Laurens Street paving work has begun from Retland Avenue to Folgefield Road near the cemetery. Atlantic Bitilithic Company completes paving on Richland and Park Avenues and York Street. Traffic resumed on Park Avenue from the passenger station to the city limits at Aiken Lumber Company. Upon Laurens Street finish, connections to Augusta Columbia Charleston and Greenville will be paved. A wide gutter is being added on the block between Richland and Harnwell Avenues with extra cost borne by Property One at their request. Water runoff worsens the hillside conditions.
At a Wednesday meeting of the American Legion post in Aiken County only eleven members attended but resolved to revive the post as an active group. Officers elected for the rest of the year were Commander John W. Ashhurst Wise Commander Henry E. Holley and Post Adjutant Horace M. Holley. The article notes the Legion's support for disabled ex-service members.
Tomorrow morning the Fara Women’s Council of Arkon County will hold an Economy Sale at Mrs Kaminer’s shop on Park Avenue. Proceeds support the council’s educational and recreational fund.
General Sessions Court disposes of the murder indictment against Elise Miller of Augusta after inquest witnesses fail to establish cause. the case is deemed an accident. Judge Hayne F. Rice presided as manor causes and theft cases dominated the term with several defendants entering pleas or receiving sentences.
Fragmented reminiscence depicts a crowded city, labor, danger, and noise with vivid, jumbled imagery. It contrasts Mother's Day themes with scenes of toil, smoke, heat, and hasty masses animated by urgent work and survival.
Siren Gees is noted in inner tests with prominent mention among a list of names and entities including Blirnest Alter, Chamber of Commerce, and Wagan. The fragmented text references talents and a possible public or commercial context surrounding the cited individuals and organizations.
The unreadable OCR passage provides little coherent context. It appears as garbled words and random letter clusters with no identifiable names, places, dates, or events to anchor a factual summary. No clear subject or outcome can be determined from the fragment.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports that William O Westen of Portsmouth Ohio and Portsmouth Produce Co pleaded guilty to violating the Produce Agency Act. He was fined $100 for misrepresenting freight charges and sale proceeds on a year of peaches, with net car proceeds misreported as 868.16 and 804 alleged fraud withheld. restitution was made, but fraud evidence led to federal transmission for prosecution.
Cotton fields suffered heavy damage from a storm with hail and high winds. Reported replanting efforts focus on completing recovery in the affected areas, but some fields remain unplanted as farmers assess soil conditions and temperatures.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and terms but lacks coherent event details or context. No identifiable persons, places, dates, or organizations form a readable summary.
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